It's snowing again, and I'm probably the only one in Brighton appreciating it :) I left uni earlier than normal to get home before the snowing would start, but didn't quite make it. I got to walk the last 20 minutes in snow and it's so beautiful! Since I was alone, I danced on the street in the snow. I must have looked crazy. Uni might be closed tomorrow, I have some small things that have to be taken care of but if the buses aren't running I don't really know how to get there. I'm not particularly impressed by the British handling of snow - a couple of centimeters is not 'severe weather conditions' and no excuse to cancel all buses - but then again, considering that they normally never get more than one occasional day of snow during the whole winter, I'm not surprised. They're much more prepared for floodings than Sweden, since that's more common here. However, being a visitor from North, I do find it funny to see how handicapped the society is after the tiniest bit of snow.
It was good to see Marcel yesterday, not only to ensure that the nasty cut in his forehead after the icy accident before christmas, is healing properly. The heating in the pub where we met was broken, so the girl working that night had started a fire in the fireplace. Smoky, but I like the smell of burning wood.
I loved all the snow in Stockholm during my Xmas break, and I'm so glad all the kids got a white Xmas. It was only -10 when I was there but my beloved sister says it's almost -20 today - 40 degrees colder than their family vacation last week. Must be quite a shock.
Outside Hallongrottan in central Stockholm
On a trip to Lidingö, I got tempted to build an igloo
How can you not love snow? And how can you not love Stockholm? The snow is amazing, it gets so much brighter and so quiet. And Stockholm, especially the outskirts where the snow stays white, are so beautiful during winter.
The house where I normally live. Every window is one tiny flat.
And every tenant has a bike...
Vasastan, on the street where I once lived. The warning sign is
appropriate in a way it wasn't intended to be.
Amateurs! Look at the cars, and the branches on the tree.
This is not a lot of snow, Brighton! :)
I've been cooking quite a lot again this past week, normally a sign of me being less worried and stressed. Today's dinner is soy mince fried with apple juice and green bell peppers, plus the usual carrots and tomatoes.
It was good to see Marcel yesterday, not only to ensure that the nasty cut in his forehead after the icy accident before christmas, is healing properly. The heating in the pub where we met was broken, so the girl working that night had started a fire in the fireplace. Smoky, but I like the smell of burning wood.
I loved all the snow in Stockholm during my Xmas break, and I'm so glad all the kids got a white Xmas. It was only -10 when I was there but my beloved sister says it's almost -20 today - 40 degrees colder than their family vacation last week. Must be quite a shock.
Outside Hallongrottan in central Stockholm
On a trip to Lidingö, I got tempted to build an igloo
How can you not love snow? And how can you not love Stockholm? The snow is amazing, it gets so much brighter and so quiet. And Stockholm, especially the outskirts where the snow stays white, are so beautiful during winter.
The house where I normally live. Every window is one tiny flat.And every tenant has a bike...
Vasastan, on the street where I once lived. The warning sign isappropriate in a way it wasn't intended to be.
Amateurs! Look at the cars, and the branches on the tree.This is not a lot of snow, Brighton! :)
I've been cooking quite a lot again this past week, normally a sign of me being less worried and stressed. Today's dinner is soy mince fried with apple juice and green bell peppers, plus the usual carrots and tomatoes.
6 januari 2010 kl. 00:29
I Baltimore we get a thin coating of slick wet ice, and it's treacherous. People make fun of us southerners in New England for our incompetence in winter weather.
9 januari 2010 kl. 07:35
It is quite amusing to watch, strangerland, although I do understand it. Here they've closed the schools after just a few centimeters of snow. Ice is more dangerous though. Seems like many areas got more snow than usual this year, was that the case in Baltimore too?